Author: Donna

Hello and welcome to Bentley. He is full of beans!  Sadly as a result he ruprured his cruciate ligamnet. At first it was thought to be his hips but an xray showed his hips were fine but his cruciate ligament had a full rupture! So he has had a TTA to stabalise the stifle or…

Hello and welcome to peanut. Such a good name for this little chap. Poor bean. At just 8 months old he had an accident and dislocated his left elbow. Such an incredible dog though. He has not let it show. His mum could see something was wrong, but he kept running and jumping like nothing…

Hello and welcome to Archie! So pleased to meet this little man. He has come having had spinal surgery. Sadly he had a few deteriorated spinal disks that needed cleaning out.  He has had a wonderful recovery but this can always be helped with some physiotherapy.  We have updated his home regime as he was…

Hello and welcome to Rio. This very hansome old man has joined because his mum had started to see him age. But at 15.5y he is doing very well! He has slowed down over the years but not shown real issues. But 6 months ago he started to look lame in a fore leg. Vet…

Hello and welcome to Maggie. We seem to be meeting a lot more Bassett hounds lately! This lovely girl was happy and enjoying life until she woke up one morning with serious back pain. Her mum and dad got her straight down the vets, who investigated and then sent her to Fitzpatrick referals for spinal…

Hello and welcome to Bertie. This lovely cockerpoo has got some amazing parents who have really taken the time to notice the small signs of a problem. Signs started with sitting differently after a long walk. The signs persisted and niggled though they were not debilitating or severe. But mum and dad knew he wasn’t…

Hello and welcome to Evie.  This super cute border collie is starting to feel the wrath of shoulder degerative joint disease. She also has mild hip arthritis and cruciate disease. So a lot going on. But its all in moderation and she is coping well. We have got her started on a gentle non-impact muscle…

Hello and welcome to Star. Star by name star by nature. Such a sweet dog with loving parents who rescued her from a sad life of breeding in a dark garage. She is now in a lovely home and very happy. But she is starting to show some signs that her joints weren’t quite right,…

Hello and welcome to Benny. Such a hansom chap. He loves his physio! He is an active indoor cat, and one day a jump went wrong amd he ruptured his cruciate ligament. A common injury for footballers in the human world. So he was referred to a specialist to have surgery. They did a TPLO.…